Man oh man! I received an ARH Athena statue today and to my dismay, the perch on the base that the owl sits upon was completely broken in two places. In addition, there was a nice size chip off the golden designs on the base and horse. I contacted Secret Compass Collectibles via email and am now waiting on a word from them.
The weird thing is, the packaging arrived in great condition. There were no sizeable dings, or folds in the shipping package, and the plain white box Athena comes in was fine as well.
Once again, I harp on these companies that are selling high quality collectibles with CHEAP ASS STYROFOAM
to get out of that crap! I wouldn't be complaining if this was a $90 statue or something close to it. This is damn near a $400 statue, and it should be packaged with the utmost care to us customers.
This is the same damn problem that occurred with the PCS Scorpion statue and why I shied away from getting it. This has got to stop! If anyone has contact with Averone or ARH directly, please, please, please tell them to stop with this crumbly styrofoam.
Whats more important, when these collectibles have protruding or sharp parts to them, they should be sculpted separately and attached to the statue or base via magnets or pegs. This would greatly eliminate a large portion of these problems with these statues. Engineering is a huge, huge, huge component of statue making and sculpting.
This is a shame, as the Athena herself came in excellent condition! The paint job on the base and the figure herself is phenomenal! But what good is it when crap arrives broken? So disappointed!
I really want this statue. I hope they can replace it with an unbroken one.